Official confirms sixth death due to Oklahoma tornado

WOODWARD, Okla. — Woodward County Emergency Management Director Matt Lehenbauer said a sixth person has died as a result of injuries suffered in a deadly tornado.

Lehenbauer said today that the man died Sunday night in an Amarillo, Texas, hospital where he was taken following the early Sunday morning twister that hit Woodward. The man’s name and age were not released.

Two men and three children were also killed in the tornado that was part of a storm system that stretched from Texas to Minnesota and spawned more than 120 twisters.